Corn and syrup feeder for canning factories



PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904. J. M. 0. JONES..

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Attorvnvey No. 748,744. PATBNTBD JAN. 5.1904.

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CORN AND SYRUP FEEDER FR C-ANNING FACTRIES.

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NITED Patented J' anuary 5, 1904..

JOHN M. C. JONES, OF GIBSON CITY, ILLINOIS.

CORN AND SYRUP FEEDER FORCANNINGTACTORIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,744, dated January5, 1904.

Application led October 1, 1903. Serial No. 175,382. (No model.)

T0 all whom it may concern: Y

Be it known thatI, JOHN M. C. JONES, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Gibson City, in the county of Ford and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn and SyrupFeeders for Canning Factories; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in feeding-machines for canningfactories.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character bywhich corn and syrup may be mixed and fed to the cooker in properproportioned and predetermined quantities.

A further object is to provide such a ma chine which will be strong,durable, and comparatively simple in construction, reliable andefficient in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it isdesigned.

-With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figureil is a rear perspective view of thefeeder. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. a side elevation,partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal sectional view of thesteamvalve casing and valve. perspective view of the steam-valveoperating arm or lever.

Referring t0 the drawings moreparticu larly, l denotes an upright frameof suitable construction supporting at its upper end a hopper 2,feed-cylinder 3, and chute 4. Within the hopper and feed-cylinder isadapted to reciprocate a piston 5, fixed to the upper end of avertically reciprocating piston rod 6, which works through the bottom ofthe chute 4 and through a stuffing-box 7, xed to said bottom. The'lowerend of. thepiston-rod 6 is connected to a ,vertically reciprocatingcross-head 8, which slides on and is guided by vertically-disposed bars9, fixed to the main frame.

Fig. 31s' Fig. 5 is a detailI 10 denotes a pitman-rod, the upper end ofwhich is pivotally connected to the cross-head and the lower end ofwhich has a sliding connection with the slotted end of a crank-arm 11,xed to a shaft 12, which is journaled in suitable bearings i'n the lowerend of the frame l, whereby when said shaft is turned the crank thereonwill reciprocate the piston-- rod 6 and piston 5 through the medium ofthe pitman-rod lO. p

On one end of the shaft 12 is fixed a spur gear-wheel 13, which isadapted to mesh with a similargear 14, fixed" on a counter-shaft 15,also journaled in suitable bearings in the lower end of theframe l. Onthe outer end of theshaftfl is mounted a band wheel or pulley 16, bywhich said shaft is driven.

On the upper side of the chute 4, near the `mouth of the same, isarranged a valve-cham ber 17, in which a cut-oft valve 18 is mounted toreciprocate, said valve being adapted to top ofthe chamber 17 and hasits upper end guided in a bracket 20. To, the stem 19 is adjustablysecured the upper end of a valveshifting rod 21, the lower end of whichis secured to the outer end of an arm 22, the oppo* site end of said armbeing pivotally connected to the frame 1 of the machine, as shown at 23.

24 denotes a block adjustably secured to the arm 22 and adapted to beengaged by a cam 25, ixed on the shaft 12. As the cam is brought intoengagement with the block 24 it rocks the arm 22, raises the valve-rod21,

-and opens-the valve 1S. By adjusting the block 24 along the arm thetime of closing the valve may be regulated, said valve closing bygravity as soon as the cam 25 moves from beneath the block 24 on the arm22, as will be understood.

A26 denotes a steam-valve casing having an inlet-port 27 and anoutlet-port 28. Within the casing is mounted an oscillating valve 29,which is provided with a stem 30,*t'o which is Xed a crank-arm 31. Saidvalveis adapted to be oscillated to cover andV uncover said outlet-portto intermittently discharge steam from Said valve-casing.

32 denotes a steam-supply pipe which communicates with the steam-inletport 27, and 33 denotes a discharge-pipe which communicates with theoutlet-port 28 and is adapted to conduct steam from the Valve-casing2,6Y and discharge the same into the cylinder 3 below the piston 5.

The operation of the valve 29 is effected by means of avertically-disposed rocking arm or lever 34, which is pivotallyconnected at about its center to the frame 1 and is formed at its lowerend with an oiset 35. The arm vor lever 34 is provided on its inner sideand throughoutits length with a channel or groove 36, in which isadapted to work a pin or lug 37, which projects from the side of thecrosshead 8, and as said cross-head lowers said pin moves down in thegroove in the arm or lever 34, and when it reaches the offset 35 at thelower end thereof said lever will be rocked. The upper end of the leveris connected to the crank-arm 31 of the valve 29 by means of a link 38,and as said lever or arm is rocked the same will shift said valve toopen and close the outlet-port, as hereinbefore described.

The purpose of introducing steam into the cylinder 3 is to break thevacuum beneath the piston as the same is rising on its upstroke, thuscausing the piston to be much more easily moved. As soon as the pistonmoves up far enough to admit the corn the steam will condense by contactwith the cold corn. This condensation will then cause a vacuum to beformed beneath the piston as it lowers on its downstroke, therebyfacilitating the lowering of the same, the parts being so arranged andtimed that the admission of steam will be made at the proper moment.

39 denotes a syrup-pump supported upon a portion of frame 1, and 40denotes the piston or plunger adapted to reciprocate in said pump.

41 denotes the piston or plunger rod, pivotally connected at its upperend to one end of an arm 42, the opposite end of which is pivotallyconnected to the frame 1, as at 43. The arm 42 and piston 40 areactuated by means of a pitman rod or link 44, which is connected at oneend to the arm 42 near the center of the same, the opposite end of thepitman rod or link 44 having an adjustable connection with a crank-arm45, Xed to the shaft 15. By adjusting the connection f the rod or link44 with the crank-arm 45 theV length of the stroke of the pump-pistonmay be varied, thereby causing the pump to supply more or less syrup, asdesired.

46 denotes the syrup-supply pipe, which communicates with the lower endof the pump 39 and has arranged therein a check-valve 47, which isadapted to open on the upward stroke of the pump-piston to admit syrupto the pump.

48 denotesa syrup-discharge pipe connected at its lower end to thesupply-pipe and having its upper end opening into the valvechamber 17,whereby the syrup is forced by said pump into said chamber inpredetermined quantities, such discharge being regulated by means of theadjustable connection of the pitman rod or link 44 with the crankarm45,v which will regulate the length of the stroke of the pump-piston,thereby causing more or less syrup to be drawn into and discharged fromthe pump at each stroke of the piston. A check-valve 49 is arranged inthe discharge-pipe 48 adjacent to the connection of the same with thesupply pipe and is adapted to open on the downstroke of the pump-pistonto permit the syrup drawn into the pump to be forced through thedischargepipe, said valve closing as soon as the pumppiston beginsitsupstroke. The operation of the pump-piston is so timed that the syrupwill be discharged into the valve-chamber, from whence it runs into thedischarge-chute just as the corn is being discharged through the same,thereby causing the syrup to become well mixed with the corn.

The piston or plunger 40 of the pump is adapted to work through astuffing-box 50, arranged on the upper end of the pump-cylinder.

The upper end of the piston 5 is preferably conical, as shown, tofacilitate the raising of the same through the corn in the hopper.

The operation is as follows: After the corn has been cut from the cobsit is fed into the hopper, and as the piston 5 is raised out of thecylinder 3 the corn in said hopper will run into the cylinder and chute.The piston will then be brought down by means of the reciprocatingcross-head, as hereinbefore described, forcing its way through the cornin the hopper until it reaches the upper end of the cylinder 3, at whichtime the cam 25 on shaft 12 will engage the block 24 on arm 22 and rocksaid arm, which will raise the valve 18 through the medium of thevalverod 21 and permit the corn in the cylinder 3 and chute 4 to beforced out by the further downward movement of piston. At the same timethat the valve 18 is raised and the corn begins to discharge from thechute the pumppiston is being brought down in the pump by the crank-arm45 on shaft 15, thereby forcing the syrup contained therein through thepipe 48 into the valve-chamber 17, from whence it runs onto thedischarging corn and wardly on the upstroke of the same, which movementwill be auxiliated by the admission of steam to the cylinder, ashereinbefore described.

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From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings,

the construction and operation of the invention Willbe readilyunderstood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

I. In a corn and syrup feeder for canning factories, the combinationwith a suitable frame, of a hopper, feed cylinder and chute, supportedupon said frame, a valve arranged to close the discharge end of saidchute, means for intermittently opening and closing said valve, apiston, arranged to operate in said cylinder to force the contentsthereof out through said chute, means for reciprocating said piston, andmeans for feeding syrup to the contents of said hopper as they aredischarged from said chute, substantially as described.

2. In a machine of thecharacter described, the combination with asuitable frame, of a hopper, feed cylinder and chute supported upon saidframe, a valve arranged to close the discharge end of said chute, meansfor intermittently opening and closing said valve, a piston arranged tooperate in said cylinder to force the contents thereof out through saidchute, means for reciprocating said piston,

a piston arranged to operate in said cylinder to force the contentsthereof out through said chute, means for reciprocating said piston,means for periodically admitting steam to said piston as the same beginsits upstroke whereby the movement of said piston will be auxiliated, apump adapted to discharge syrup in predetermined quantities onto thecontents of said hopper as they are being discharged from said chute andmeans for regulating the quantity of syrup so discharged, substantiallyas described.

4... In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame, of a hopper, feed cylinder and chute, supported uponsaid frame, a valve arranged to close the discharge end of said chute,means for intermittently opening and closing said valve, a piston,arranged to operate in saidcylinder to force the contents thereof outthrough said chute, a piston-rod iixed at its upper end to said piston,a cross-head connected to the Y lower end of said piston-rod, a drivenshaft journaled in said frame, a crank-arm fixed to said shaft, apitman-rod having one end connected to said cross-head and its oppositeend having a slotted engagement with said crank arm, a driveshaft gearedto said driven shaft to operate the same, a pump adapted to dischargesyrup onto the contents of said hopper, as they pass through said chute,means for operating the piston of said pump and means for regulating thestroke of the same whereby more or less syrup may be discharged by thepump, substantially as described.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination with asuitable frame, of a hopper, feed cylinder and chute supported by saidframe, a sliding valve arranged to open and close the discharge end ofsaid chute, a valve-stem fixed to said valve, an operating-rod connectedat its upper end to said stem, an arm pivotally connected at one endtosaid frame and having its opposite end connected to said operating-rod,a block adjustably mounted on said arm, a driven shaft suitablyjournaled in said frame, a cam fixed to said shaft and adapted to engagesaid block and thereby open said valve, a piston arranged to operate insaid feed-cylinder, means for operating said piston, and means forperiodically supplying syrup in predetermined quantities to the contentsof said feed cylinder and hopper as the same are being dischargedthrough the feed-chute, substantially as de scribed,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

JOHN M. C. JONES.

Witnesses:

, J. J. MCCORMACK,

Anios BALL.

